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@tashahester.bsky.social
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People-powered change strategist, movement researcher & organising nerd. Bi, Buddhist, Sailor. MCAS sufferer. Cis woman, trans ally. Always anti fascist. Not always as earnest as this profile makes me sound… She/her thinkingdoingchanging.com

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Peter Kodde @peterpolder.eurosky.social · 10/12/2025
Must read: the report of @tashahester.bsky.social and @jimcoe.bsky.social How the UK social change sector can respond to the rise of authoritarianism and the far right. This kind of work should be done in more countries, i.m.o thinkingdoingchanging.com/2025/12/10/h...
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How can the UK social change sector meet the moment?
How is the UK social change sector responding to the rise of the far right? And what is needed? Jim Coe and I have written this report exploring these questions. The answers we propose are complica…
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Stop Funding Heat @stopfundingheat.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Just when honest and truthful reporting on climate change is most urgently needed, Ofcom under its current chair has effectively suspended its accuracy rules on this life-and-death issue. /1 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
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Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
This Reform Councillor wants the navy to intercept small boats and use a "volley of gun fire aimed at sinking them.” After quitting for personal reasons, the party said "Wayne would have made an excellent champion for the people.”
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New Reform UK councillor quits two weeks after election - BBC News
Wayne Titley was one of 49 Reform candidates elected at the beginning of the month in Staffordshire.
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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I mapped the UK climate movement again Headlines are the rise of the right is a big threat, folks are worried but unsure how to respond, although there are some great suggestions for different ways to move forwards thinkingdoingchanging.com/2025/05/15/m...
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Mapping the UK climate movement again
I revisited the climate movement to see what had changed since I first mapped it back in late 2021. This is a smaller piece of work, more a movement ‘stocktake’ – exploring what m…
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech is sickening. That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk. Shame on you, Keir Starmer.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Starmer's Britain. Not even subtle.
They found ourselves made strangers in their own country. Enoch Powell. We risk becoming an island of strangers. Keir Starmer.
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Eiri Ohtani @eiriohtani.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
One of us is being threatened with deportation, after 18 years in the UK. This is unacceptable. Fatou belongs to our community. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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Liverpool woman set to be deported faces 'risk of death'
Fatou Tamba has lived in Liverpool for eight years but has now been detained and is set to be sent back to her native country, where family and friends fear she will face enormous danger
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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The incredible US AYNI institute is offering a free/ donation training on their movement ecology framework April 24th. This is excellent stuff, strongly recommend www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
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Movement Ecology Workshop - April 24, 2025
This free workshop on Movement Ecology is about a framework to understand and analyze the 5 distinct strategies that arise when attempting to make social change.While many of us have tried to create t...
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Netpol @netpol.org · 11/04/2025
Yes the US embassy, the representative of the country arming and financing Israel's systematic destruction of Gaza, actually said, "we strongly condemn any acts of violence and property damage" 🤔 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Greenpeace UK boss arrested over US embassy dye protest
Five people are arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and conspiracy to cause criminal damage, police say.
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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Activists from Greenpeace UK have poured blood-red dye into the pond at the US embassy in London. Greenpeace UK is urging the US and UK governments to stop selling arms to Israel immediately. www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/israel-...
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Israel-Gaza protest at the US embassy: what you need to know - Greenpeace UK
Activists from Greenpeace UK have poured blood-red dye into the pond at the US embassy in London, in a protest against weapons sales to Israel.
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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
🤡 FFS
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Le Pen blocked from France presidency bid over embezzled funds The French far-right leader is barred from running for office for five years, as she was also handed a prison sentence and a €100,000 fine. Read @georgvh.com's article here: www.channel4.com/news/le-pen-...
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Le Pen blocked from France presidency bid over embezzled funds
Marine Le Pen is barred from running for public office for five years, with the court also handing the far-right leader a four-year prison sentence, with two years suspended and two years' home detent...
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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Let’s face it, we’re losing! Words of wisdom here from @tomliacas.bsky.social. We need to accept the populist far right is having its moment, then we can respond & build power. History has sone pretty good lessons to teach us… medium.com/@TomLiacas/l...
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Let’s face it, we’re losing!
I promised an article on how the Right built back its power and the first thing they did was to accept that they were losing. It’s our turn…
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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
*New training* for social movement organisers - Understanding, building & measuring POWER Join me to learn from Jane Booth-Tobin, Co-Director of the P3 Lab with Hahrie Han. Online April 16th 2:30-5:30pm GMT, charged on a sliding scale lu.ma/ki7skugg
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Understanding, building & measuring power · Luma
Many leaders and organisers in the UK are clear that we need a new approach to solving the challenges we face and believe that we need to be building power,…
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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 06/03/2025
Rachel Reeves softened non-dom plans after Blackstone CEO ‘raised concerns’
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Rachel Reeves softened non-dom plans after Blackstone CEO ‘raised concerns’
Revealed: Head of world’s biggest asset manager lobbied chancellor on tax rules weeks before policy was tweaked
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Yes, my economic plan will cause short term pain. But after that you won't feel the pain anymore because you'll be dead
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Paul de Gregorio @pauldegregorio.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“DO NOT RESPOND TO ELON!” The ball was rolling. Love the sound of mass noncompliance. h/t @tashahester.bsky.social wagingnonviolence.org/2025/02/we-a...
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We’re seeing the beginnings of mass noncompliance
Over a million federal workers refused to comply with Musk’s email ultimatum, offering a glimpse of what mass noncooperation can look like.
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Seriously fuck BP - this is literally waging a war on life www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BP to slash renewables investment and ramp up gas and oil production.
The energy giant will announce its strategy later after rivals also rowed back on green energy plans.
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Tom Liacas (he-il) @tomliacas.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Highlighting THIS:
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Tom Liacas (he-il) @tomliacas.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
What's on every progressive organizer's mind right now, or should be! mobilisationlab.org/building-a-s...
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Building a Strategy to Contest the Far Right - MobLab
Building the power of changemakers to confront today's greatest challenges
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 12/02/2025
As Ofwat opens an enforcement case against Thames Water, which is due to go bankrupt in 34 days, we ask 'What is Steve Reed waiting for?' End the farce. Public ownership now.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 11/02/2025
They deny it. The media avoids saying it. But the evidence is clear ✅ "Reform UK is far-right! That is not an opinion, that is a fact." – Cas Mudde, leading expert on the far-right 🧵👇
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Right to Remain @right-to-remain.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
📣 New Blog Post! 📣 Maggy Moyo, These Walls Must Fall Organiser, reflects on the fight against the hostile environment, calls for action to abolish in-person reporting, and highlights the power of solidarity in driving change. Read in full here ⬇️ righttoremain.org.uk/standing-in-...
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Standing in Solidarity Against the Hostile Environment: A Reflection and Call to Action
Maggy Moyo, These Walls Must Fall Organiser, reflects on the ongoing fight against the hostile environment and the urgent need to abolish in-person reporting. Maggy shares how solidarity actions across the country offer hope and calls for more people to join the fight for change.
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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 05/02/2025
This is AMAZING news! Fuck Amazon www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...
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Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon
"Everything Amazon can do, we want to do as well or better," says CEO Andy Hunter on boosting indie sales digitally.
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Georgie Laming @georgielaming.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
There isn’t a silver bullet for defeating Reform UK. There isn’t a policy button you can just smash which makes the problem go away. That’s because Reform UK doesn’t represent one bloc of voters that agree on every issue.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Thames Water is at present spending £15mn a month on lawyers and other advisers and the eventual bill for a restructuring could top £200mn, the company’s chief financial officer told London’s high court. www.ft.com/content/40b5...
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Thames Water burns through £15mn a month on lawyers and advisers
Troubled utility tells court hearing for emergency loan that restructuring costs could top £200mn
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James Somerville @jamessomervlle.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"1.8% of staff in organisations with 500 to 1,000 employees identified as POC and other ethnically minoritised groups" This is shocking. Minoritised groups are among the most affected by climate change, so need to have a bigger say in how we tackle it. www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/environ...
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Environmental charity sector still lacks racial diversity, study shows
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 31/01/2025
😡Sarah in London says: "My bill has gone up £20 a month and I have had a substantial water leak on my road for 6 weeks which is not scheduled to be fixed for another month. I am literally watching them waste the water I am paying for" PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
BREAKING 🚨: WE WON OUR CASE AGAINST ROSEBANK. The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned. This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.
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Eiri Ohtani @eiriohtani.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
In case you missed it, there was a far right anti-immigraiton demo in Southampton over the weekend. Surprisingly there was little coverage of it. The piece below is by Southern Daily Echo. www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2488510...
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Anti-racism protest outnumbers Ukip rally as groups face off at Bargate
A planned Ukip anti-immigration rally was met by droves of anti-racist protesters at the Bargate, as both groups marched in Southampton.
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GFTU Educational Trust @gftuet.org.uk · 24/01/2025
📺Catch up on last night's excellent Strategy Series session with Marshall Ganz and @gawainlittle.bsky.social. #StrategySeries #Strategy #MarshallGanz #GFTUET #GFTU #TradeUnions #Workers #Organising #Campaigns #StrategicCapacity
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Strategic capacity to win campaigns- 24 January
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GFTU Educational Trust @gftuet.org.uk · 23/01/2025
🚨TONIGHT 7PM🚨 Strategic capacity to win campaigns with Marshall Ganz. DM us for the link to join 🔗 #GFTUET #GFTU #Campaigns #StrategicCapacity #TradeUnions #Workers #Strategy #Education
A promotional image for a GFTU Educational Trust event, featuring a graphic of a busy workshop setting in the background and an inset photo of Marshall Ganz smiling and gesticulating, set against a schedule detailing the event titled "Strategic capacity to win campaigns" on Thursday 23 January at 7:00 PM.
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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
*New Blog* - Lessons for organisers in a time of monsters. As Trump is sworn in for his second term, it seemed like a good moment to share insights from @hahrie.bsky.social's Undivided and her UK mini tour in November last year. Link in comments...
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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
*New Blog* - Lessons for organisers in a time of monsters. As Trump is sworn in for his second term, it seemed like a good moment to share insights from @hahrie.bsky.social's Undivided and her UK mini tour in November last year. Link in comments...
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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
"The old world is dying & the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters" Gramsci more relevant than ever! I developed a power mapping tool based on Gramscian hegemony with academic & activist colleagues. We could see neoliberal democracy coming apart / losing its hold...
Graph shows world maturity on left vertical axis & time on horizontal axis & 2 lines, one showing the old world dying & another the new world struggling to be born - in between in 'the time of monster's - filled with monster emojis
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4 Day Week Foundation @4dayweek.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
It’s time for more freedom. It’s time for a 4-day week. ⏰
A riff on the famous ‘8 hours for’ woodcut by Ricardo Levins Morales, updated for the 4-day week. One day for laundry, one day for nothing, one day for something.
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']: Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls
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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Some great reflections from @mrtombaker.bsky.social on @hahrie.bsky.social's new book Undivided - I loved this book & plan to write something about it & Hahrie Han's mini winter UK tour soon... thoughtfulcampaigner.org/2024/12/27/l...
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Lessons in movement building from an evangelical megachurch - Thoughtful Campaigner
You might assume there isn’t much that campaign movements here in the UK can learn from an evangelical megachurch in the Midwest USA, but you'd be wrong.
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Tom Liacas (he-il) @tomliacas.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Great new report from HUB colleague @amandahsanchez.bsky.social on capacity needs and future development strategies to build out Canada's climate justice activist movement! (no doubt relevant across borders) www.lehub.ca/media/moveme... cc @tashahester.bsky.social
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
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Kevin Smith @kevinjgsmith.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
We're number one! We're number one! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds
Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate
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Nedal Al-Amari @nedalalamari.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
No way 😂😂😂😂😂😂 We’ve heard of statues being destroyed or smashed, but sitting on them and tying them to a car? That’s the first time I’ve heard of it.
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Rob Dyson ✍️ 📼 🎧 @robdysonpr.uk · 29/11/2024
This is a good read on the subject from #CharitySoWhite: Band Aid 40: Why Western Saviourism Has No Place in 2024 www.linkedin.com/pulse/band-a...
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Band Aid 40: Why Western Saviourism Has No Place in 2024
In 2024, when calls for independence and reparations from former Commonwealth nations are growing louder, Band Aid 40 feels profoundly oblivious. The song, stuck in a framework of Western saviourism, ...
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
A terrific theory that pairs well with the Economist's terrific and terrifying chart of Musk's tweeting.
A chart showing Elon Musk's near-24 hour tweeting.
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Zrinka Bralo @zrinka.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Friends, if you are able to do so please donate to amazing @migrantsorganise.bsky.social Your donation will be doubled by a sponsor❤️ www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/dignity-we...
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Tom Liacas (he-il) @tomliacas.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Thanks for the boost, @tashahester.bsky.social! Don't miss this global exchange on how NGOs can do better supporting grassroots advocacy-activist groups.
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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
In an NGO that would love to engage with grassroots groups but don't know how? In a grassroots group that can see how powerful it would be to harness the power of NGOs, but you don't trust they would actually collaborate with you? The Global Grassroots Support Network has an event for you!
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